Abstract
Aim: To evaluate the association between pathologic cervicovaginal smears (abnormal cytological findings, fungal infections, bacterial vaginosis, and inflammation) and urinary tract infection (UTI).
 Materials and Method: We evaluated Pap-stained cervicovaginal smears of 222 patients. Pathologic cervicovaginal smears were accepted as a study group (n = 59, 26.6%) while the remaining 163 (73.8%) patients who had no pathologic smears were accepted as a control group. Study and control groups were compared in terms of the presence of UTI. 
 Results: In this cohort (n = 222), we have demonstrated abnormal cytological findings, bacterial vaginosis, fungal infection, and inflammation with rates of 5.4%, 5.9%, 8.6%, and %6.8, respectively. The rate of UTI was demonstrated to be 5.1% and 3.1% in the study and control groups, respectively (p = 0.441). When the presence of abnormal cytological findings, bacterial vaginosis, fungal infection, and inflammation were considered separately, UTI was found to be significantly more frequent in patients with fungal infection compared to controls (p = 0.039). 
 Conclusion: UTI was found to be more frequent in patients with fungal infection.
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